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From: "Joe Polastre"
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Subject: Re: What name?
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:46:24 -0700
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From: "Brett McLaughlin"
> I just think that the name "Xerces" carries with it some negative
> connotations for /some/ people. I'm not making this up, I swear ;-) I
> get mails about this a lot on JDOM and at Enhydra. Let's just avoid that
> - then when we make it Xerces 2 (if that is what happens), we can clear
> those all away, because people are confident in the newer "code name."
And some people are _uncomfortable_ with the "Spinnaker" name. [I'm
personally a fan of the old software corporation, 'spinnaker', that made
quality games for systems like the commodore 64] many other companies use
the word "spinnaker" [as noted by the 46,598 results at google, for
example]. why not choose something completely new and unoffensive =)
something unique.
In honor of the bazaar structure that so many people are touting, why are we
allowing one person to codename this branch? shouldn't it be a group effort
here? (yes, I read that James has offered to give up naming the new branch)
> OK, Joe Blow just joined us at IBM, can we get some +1s.
You are probably referring to me (my name is Joe, right?). I had been
involved with the Xerces-C project for quite a while (assisted in porting it
to wince, other stuff last summer) and just happened to join IBM in late
may. My contributions were noted in the CVS repository and I received 5
+1s, two or three of which were outside of IBM. And trust me, I had to
fight with both Dirk and Brian to get my privs.
In the last 3 months, only 2 people that I know of from IBM Cupertino have
received commit privs. Me on Xerces-C and Jordan on FOP. And both of us
demonstrated our commitment to the projects as "individuals" [seems to be
the buzz word these days]. Furthermore, both of us are going back to the
world of academia in september, and both of us intend to continue
contributing to the apache project as students (non-IBM employees). Heck,
who knows, I might actually decide to write some Java code too instead of
just C++! =)
I agree that the situation you describe *has* occurred, but you make it seem
commonplace... which I'm arguing that it is not. Likewise, sun (or any
other corporate sponsor of the project) which has 3 committers can
essentially vote anyone else in. And other committers, if warranted, could
have -1'd any IBM'ers that they didn't feel comfortable with in the project
due to lack of demonstrating commitment.
sorry, that's my rant for today... feel free to flame... grrr...
-Joe
(on behalf of myself)